Apple
iPhone SE (3rd gen)
A 2017 body wrapped around 2022 silicon. The A15 makes it the fastest phone under $450 by a mile, and Touch ID still has fans, but the 4.7-inch LCD, huge bezels and 2018mAh battery are hard to live with in 2026.
Pros
- A15 Bionic outruns every Android phone at this price
- Touch ID home button and a genuinely pocketable 144g body
- Six years of iOS updates from launch
- IP67 rating and 5G support
Cons
- Tiny 2018mAh battery needs a midday top-up
- 4.7-inch 60Hz LCD with enormous bezels
- Single 12MP camera, no ultra-wide
- Lightning port and 20W charging
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the iPhone SE (3rd gen)
Display
- Screen size
- 4.7 ″
- Panel type
- Retina IPS LCD
- Resolution
- 750x1334
- Pixel density
- 326 ppi
- Refresh rate
- 60 Hz
- Peak brightness
- 625 nits
- Screen-to-body
- 65.4 %
Performance
- Chipset
- Apple A15 Bionic
- AnTuTu 10
- 890,000Top 59%
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,100Top 27%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 5,200Top 32%
- RAM (max)
- 4 GB
- Storage options
- 64/128/256GB
- Storage type
- NVMe
Camera
- Main camera
- 12 MP
- Main aperture
- f/1.8
- Optical zoom
- 1 x
- Max video
- 4K@60fps
- Front camera
- 7 MP
- OIS
- Yes
Battery
- Capacity
- 2,018 mAh
- Wired charging
- 20 W
- Wireless charging
- 8 W
- Active use endurance
- 7 h
Design
- Weight
- 144 g
- Thickness
- 7.3 mm
- IP rating
- IP67
- Frame material
- Aluminum
Connectivity
- 5G
- Yes
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
- NFC
- Yes
- USB
- Lightning
- eSIM
- Yes
Software
- OS at launch
- iOS 15
- OS update pledge
- 6 years
Audio
- Stereo speakers
- Yes
- 3.5mm jack
- No
Quick answers
Is the iPhone SE (3rd gen) good in 2026?
The iPhone SE (3rd gen) earns an Inno Score of 38.3/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. A 2017 body wrapped around 2022 silicon. The A15 makes it the fastest phone under $450 by a mile, and Touch ID still has fans, but the 4.7-inch LCD, huge bezels and 2018mAh battery are hard to live with in 2026.
What is the iPhone SE (3rd gen) AnTuTu score?
The iPhone SE (3rd gen) scores 890,000 points in AnTuTu 10. That puts it in the top 59% of the chips and devices we have measured in this category. In Geekbench 6 it reaches 2,100 single-core and 5,200 multi-core.
What are the key specs of the iPhone SE (3rd gen)?
Chipset: Apple A15 Bionic · Screen size: 4.7 ″ · Capacity: 2,018 mAh · Main camera: 12 MP
What are the closest alternatives to the iPhone SE (3rd gen)?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Honor X9a, iPhone 11 Pro Max, Redmi Note 10 Pro — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
